The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified because of his age, pleaded guilty to arson not endangering life when he appeared before Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Surveillance footage showed the boy climb over a wall at Kenton United Synagogue, in Harrow, on Saturday night, and set light to a bottle of liquid before throwing it through a broken window. The fire caused some smoke damage, and no one was injured.<\/p>\n
The boy said he did not know the building was a synagogue and that he didn\u2019t intend to harm anyone.<\/p>\n
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